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“It's like saying, ‘Give a man a Les Paul, and he becomes Eric Clapton. It's not true’”: David Gilmour and Roger Waters hit back at criticism of the band's over-reliance on gear and synths when crafting The Dark Side of The Moon in newly unearthed clip

The clip is featured in Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the newly restored version of the band's groundbreaking Live At Pompeii film

Guitar World

“There’s a danger we could become slaves to our own equipment – and in the past we have been”: Watch a new video clip of Pink Floyd making The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd release a new clip from restored concert movie Pink Floyd at Pompeii -– MCMLXXII, filmed as the band worked on The Dark Side Of The Moon

Louder

How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii?

We are used to seeing dead bodies in movies and TV shows, but how should we feel when presented with a dead person from the ancient past in a museum?

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“I was unusually nervous… You may be doing exactly the same set, but it can have a completely different vibe.” When David Gilmour revisited Pompeii and faced the ghosts of Pink Floyd

Safer pyrotechnics, local hero status and the benefit of a Wallace & Gromit movie helped make his 2017 concert movie a very different experience from Floyd’s 1972 release

Louder

The iconic 1972 concert film 'Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii' has been remastered for 4K IMAX

Pink Floyd are coming to an IMAX near you, with a fully restored 4K version from the original 35mm film.

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What is ‘dark tourism’? Why tourists visit destinations with tragic histories

Places where tragedies have occurred, such as Chernobyl, Hiroshima and the killing fields in Cambodia, draw thousands of tourists a year – Amelia Neath explores why people choose to visit these locations

The Independent UK

Pompeii's New DNA Analysis Challenges Centuries-Old Assumptions About Victims' Lives

A recent DNA study has upended long-held theories about the people who died in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, revealing unexpected details about the demographics and connections among the victims.

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Plan to cap number of Pompeii visitors at 20,000 a day to stop overtourism

Italian site sees record numbers and managers are looking to better handle the flow of tourists

Evening Standard

Another Italian tourist site brings in strict restrictions

The changes start next week

The Independent UK

We’ve Been Wrong About the Pompeii Victims All Along

A paper on 14 victims from Pompeii describes how DNA analysis shows a different story behind the relationships of the individuals than what historians thought.

Inverse

‘Confronting and compelling’ artefacts from ancient Pompeii to go on show in Canberra blockbuster

Digital projections and household objects at the National Museum of Australia offer a glimpse into lives of everyday people from 2,000 years ago – and the tragedy that befell them

The Guardian - AU

The last days of ‘Pompeii’? Not until January after MSI extends exhibition

The move lets more visitors see the show, now expanded with additional pieces buried more than 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Chicago Sun-Times

Italian Conductor Muti to Visit Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti plans to visit Syrian musicians living in the vast Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the sidelines of his annual Roads of Friendship concert series that aims to use music to build bridges and help those affected by war. Muti will conduct Italian and Jordanian musicians…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy’s Dead City that Nearly Died Again

In a few horrible hours, Pompeii was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. Then in this century, the excavated Roman city appeared alarmingly close to a second death, assailed by decades of neglect, mismanagement and scant systematic maintenance…

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